Gall, Abbey of Saint

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• Abbey of Saint Gall — Convent of St Gall * UNESCO World Heritage Site Country Switzerland …   Wikipedia

• Abbey of St. Gall —     Abbey of St. Gall     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Abbey of St. Gall     In Switzerland, Canton St. Gall, 30 miles southeast of Constance; for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe; founded about 613, and named after… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Saint Othmar — Saint Othmar, O.S.B. (or Otmar) Born c. 689 supposedly near Saint Gallen, Switzerland Died c. 759 Werd Island, Lake Constance, Switzerland …   Wikipedia

• Abbey of St. Gall — Infobox Former Country native name = Reichsabtei Sankt Gallen conventional long name = Imperial Abbey of St Gall common name = Saint Gall Abbey| continent = Europe region = Alps country = Switzerland era = Middle Ages status = Abbey empire = Holy …   Wikipedia

• Saint Gall (Sangallensis) —     Saint Gall     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Saint Gall     (The Diocese of Saint Gall; SANGALLENSIS)     A Swiss bishopric directly subject to the Holy See. It includes the Canton of St. Gall and, as a temporary arrangement, the two half cantons …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Saint Gall (Gallus) —     St. Gall     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Gall     (GALLUS; in the most ancient manuscript he is called GALLO, GALLONUS, GALLUNUS, and sometimes also CALLO, CHELLEH, GILLIANUS, etc.).     An Irishman by birth, he was one of the twelve… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Abbey — • A monastery canonically erected and autonomous, with a community of not fewer than twelve religious; monks under the government of an abbot; nuns under that of an abbess Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Abbey     Abbey …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Saint Gall — Infobox Saint name=Saint Gall birth date=550 death date=646 feast day=16 October venerated in= imagesize=350px caption=Saint Gall birth place=Ireland death place=Arbon titles= beatified date= beatified place= beatified by= canonized date=… …   Wikipedia

• Gall, Saint — ▪ Irish saint born c. 550, , Ireland died c. 645, , Switzerland; feast day October 16       Irish monk who helped spread Irish influence while introducing Christianity to western Europe.       Educated at the monastery of Bangor (in present day… …   Universalium

• St. Gall (disambiguation) — St. Gall may be:*Saint Gall, the saint, *the Abbey of St. Gall, named after him, *the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland where the monastery is located, or *the surrounding Canton of St. Gallen, or *Saint Gal, bishop of Clermont …   Wikipedia